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Ana Ardıç Natural Monument
Çamlıyayla, Mersin
A monumental stinking juniper over 1,100 years old and 22 m tall at the foot of the Bolkar Mountains.
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Asarlık Tepeler Natural Monument
Nallıhan, Ankara
Cuesta hills northwest of Nallıhan formed by the erosion of clay layers of varying resistance; a natural monument registered in 1994.
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Aşk Vadisi (Love Valley, Bağlıdere)
Merkez, Nevşehir
A valley between Göreme and Avanos known for its tall, pointed fairy chimneys, standing out for its hikes and balloon views.
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Bayır Plane Tree (Bayır Çınarı)
Marmaris, Muğla
A centuries-old plane tree shading the square of Bayır village on the Bozburun Peninsula, registered as a natural monument in 1995.
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Boyabat Basalt Rocks Natural Monument
Boyabat, Sinop
A natural monument near the village of Kurusaray in Boyabat, where basalt columns 30–40 meters tall with hexagonal cross-sections spread over three valleys.
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Devrent (Imagination) Valley
Ürgüp, Nevşehir
A natural rock valley with no traces of settlement, known as 'Imagination Valley' for its fairy chimneys resembling animal figures; its symbol is the camel-shaped rock.
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Doğançay Waterfall
Geyve, Sakarya
A waterfall foaming down in five steps, protected as a natural monument and laid out with a picnic area.
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Dokuz Kardeşler Çamı (Nine Brothers Pine) Natural Monument
Çerkeş, Çankırı
A black pine about 200 years old whose trunk splits into nine forks above 1.5 meters; a registered natural monument.
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Güzelcehisar Lava Columns
Merkez, Bartın
80-million-year-old basalt columns rising like a wall from the sea, 17 km from central Bartın, with a wooden walkway.
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Hoçaş Fossil Forest
Seben, Bolu
A 1st-degree natural protected site declared Türkiye's first fossil forest, with its trees petrified while standing upright.
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İkizdere Manle Waterfall
İkizdere, Rize
A waterfall in the forest about 500 m from the İkizdere district center, falling between the trees and registered as a natural monument in 2020.
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Koca Katran Natural Monument
Toroslar, Mersin
A monumental prickly juniper in the Taurus at an altitude of 1,875 m, 40 m tall and about 625 years old.
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Kula Fairy Chimneys (Yurtbaşı)
Kula, Manisa
Fairy chimneys around Güvercinlik (Burgaz) formed by the erosion of volcanic and lake sediments.
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Meke Lake
Karapınar, Konya
A maar lake called 'the world's evil-eye bead' with a volcanic cone rising in the middle and two nested lakes; a natural monument and Ramsar site.
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Narman Fairy Chimneys Natural Monument
Narman, Erzurum
An area known as the 'Land of the Red Fairies', declared a natural monument in 2018, where sedimentary rocks colored red by iron oxide have been turned by wind and rain into columns and towers.
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Osmancalı Fossil Forest Natural Monument
Yunusemre, Manisa
A 33-hectare fossil forest containing spruce and wingnut trunks petrified by lahar flows from the Yuntdağı volcanoes.
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Paşabağ (Monks Valley)
Avanos, Nevşehir
The valley with the highest concentration of multi-capped fairy chimneys; also known as Monks Valley because of its rock chapel dedicated to St. Simeon.
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Tar Deresi Bulut Waterfall (Cloud Waterfall)
Çamlıhemşin, Rize
A waterfall on the Tar Deresi falling in stages from a height of about 250 m, registered as a natural monument in 2018.
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Tepedelen Pine (Monumental Tree)
Banaz, Uşak
A registered monumental pine on the Banaz slope of Murat Dağı, whose trunk only seven people together can encircle.
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Üç Güzeller Fairy Chimneys (Three Beauties)
Ürgüp, Nevşehir
A natural monument near Ürgüp made up of three large fairy chimneys with hard rock caps, one of the most photographed symbols of Cappadocia.
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Floating Islands Natural Monument (Yüzen Adalar)
Solhan, Bingöl
A natural formation near Hazarşah village, declared a natural monument in 2003, where islets woven from plant roots drift like rafts on the surface of a small, deep lake.